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Basal DNA repair machinery is subject to positive selection in ionizing-radiation-resistant bacteria

BACKGROUND: Ionizing-radiation-resistant bacteria (IRRB) show a surprising capacity for adaptation to ionizing radiation and desiccation. Positive Darwinian selection is expected to play an important role in this trait, but no data are currently available regarding the role of positive adaptive sele...

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Autores principales: Sghaier, Haïtham, Ghedira, Kaïs, Benkahla, Alia, Barkallah, Insaf
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18570673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-297